Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-09
Eighth Day Of the Haddock Trial.

THURSDAY, March 3l~.-Bismarck continued
his testimony as follows:
never told Albert k~oolerly that / had been
In prison in the oil country.
Q. Hadn't you SO stated TO Albert Blank
enburgs A. No sir, | never was in the prison
in the old country; | asked Charles Eberhardt
If the buggy had come back, he said he did
not know Grands went into Eberhsrdt's and
got a drink; afterward | went to O'Connell's
saloon 10 get a drink, but didn't cat any: did
not SEQ ANY of the attendants at the corner Of
Water and Fourth streets until the buggy came
back | was standing on Elliott's grocery cor
ncr when the crowd came west after the crowd
came back Paul Leader was ahead as they
came ny; / went on ahead with Paul Leader.
Q. Wouldn't you have seen Leavitt IL he
had changed hats with Paul Leader as YOU
was walking with him! a. / can no see be-
hind me.
@. Worldn'tyou have seen any one If they
hal changed hats with Leader. A. Oh, YES,
with Leader. 0rhe witness had misunderstood
the question Did not see the preacher
throw up his hands till after he was shot; did
not see the preacher strike any one.
G. I-n't ii u fact that yuu was not at the
scene Of the murder, and was AZ the corner
of Fifth ana Pearl s reef A.. No sir, | was
fifteen feet from Haddock when he was shot.
q. Isn't II q fa Il that You were with John
Deurick ~ the corner OF Fifth and p arl
streets, aud SO drnnk you didn't know whore
you were? A. It's adcmned lie! THE court
aimoDished the witness not TO use '~profanc
language The witness asked the courts
pardon, and assured him that he was telling
the truth.
@ who is the first man Won ever talked
with about whipping Haddock or any other
man Connected with the saloon prosecutions.
A.. Geo. Triebcr.
Q. Didn't YOU tell q IT,, named Henry
Rice, who wanted You to ~ Is well with him.
that you guessed you anG N Trieber would
90 to killing preachers for a living! A. No
sir, said the witness laughing. The defense
then asked, are you positive that
You didn't tell Rice that you and
to killing preachers. A. d you bought /
was crazy" tLaughter,l ! was arrested In
San Francisco by the sheriff; in Jail in San
Francisco | told Melon | would tell him on
the road who had killed Haddock;
Leav:tt's statement had not been
seen by me until after I told Melon
Who did the killing, | could not read English !;
at Omaha I was met by Stanley and Mayor
Cleland; they did not tell me about Lcavitt's
statement; 1 went from there TO Des Moines,
before the governor: 81 me OF the parties
there told me about Leavitts statement; the
| governors alked about ten minutes with me,
dDosI IaiiiDTDlSs tue ROVtTUOT never pTOnl-
Used me any reward, nor did any one else; |
Expect 10 I've punished just the same as any of
the rest; / have never been promised any inn
Ranity nor protection whatever.
Q. II you are convicted Of this crime do you
sxpect TO be puni,hrds A. Yes, sir.
G. Didn't you say to Louis Agnes that you
was going TO put the HI ling on Arensdcrf,
when YOU we're at police headouartersi A.
No, sir.
@. Didn't you tell Sylvester Granda that
you WAS going to put the shooting on Arens-
dorf because they told sou t. a. No, sir.
When Lravitt came to see me In jail he saiC
nothing about the shooting or getting nc
bail.
Characterization resumed 9 Didn'. jim
Melon give you some whisky before you went
before the grand iuryi "A. Yes, s!I.
.. Did thew II axe yop take au oath at Des
Moines before you made your statement. A.
No, sir.
Re.direct-examination Geo. Kellogg was
In the Jail to see me about three weeks ago.
Geo. A. Lang recalled by the state:
was a witness In this ease the other day;
the shot was fired about five minutes after the
| party OF men left the sidewalk In front Of
Juuk's and went west; about five minutes af-
ter the sh t | met Harry Sherman coming
east on Fourth; he was near the alley between
| Pearl and Douglas; was going down TO the